Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Nelson Mandela biopic premieres at Toronto


left to right: Idris Elba, Nelson Mandela
Film version of Nelson Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom is to have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September.

Luther's Idris Elba plays Mandela in the biopic. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) runs from 5 to 15 September.

Other films that will screen for the first time include 12 Years a Slave, the new film from Shame director Steve McQueen, and The Invisible Woman, actor Ralph Fiennes's drama about Charles Dickens, The Fifth Estate, a film about Julian Assange starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the WikiLeaks founder, The Railway Man starring Colin Firth and August: Osage Country with Meryl Streep will also debut at the event.

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